Myself (Meaghan)and my boyfriend, Justin, have made a new years resolution to get in shape and lose weight. We currently live in Amherst, MA....I am a nursing student graduating in May '08 and he already graduated, but now works as a cook at a local cafe. My weight loss goal is to lose 60 pounds and his is to lose 80 pounds and be under 200 pounds. College has really gotten the best of me and my weight has suffered. He has recetly been diagnosed with diabetes and hopefully by losing the weight will help his condition. Together hopefully we can do it and change our lifestyles to include more exercising and activity.

 

We have been talking ever since he was diagnosed in Fall '07 that we need to eat healthier and work out, but haven't really done anything about it. I bought us gym memberships and we are going to start going to the gym at least 3-4 times a week. We both love being active, but just stopped engaging in the activities we love. I grew up playing soccer and basketball my whole life and played Div. 1 college rugby and different intramural sports from dodgeball, badmitten, basketball and softball. He loves kung fu and martial arts, volleyball, and football. We entered the contest to see if we could really do this and I hope this isn't all talk, because losing the weight would be amazing. We plan to succeed by going to the gym, cooking healthy meals and not eating out all the time! Hopefully we have the motivation to kick our own @$$es and man up to win this thing! I know we have the potential, just hope we stick with it!!!!!